Car end brace.



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WALTER I. MURPHY, OE CHICAGO, ILLINGIS.

CAB END BRACE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

a lication filed november s, 1914-.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l llhvrrrnn P. lllnnrnr, a. eitiaen of the United States, and a residentof the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of lllinois, have invented a new and useful lniproven'ient in Car" lllnd Braces, of which the tollowingis a specitieation.

This invention relates to the end framing 01 wooden box ears, and particularly to means for repairing damaged cars and for strengtheniire old style cars to lit them for present day service conditions.

The principal object of the invention is a metal brace construction for attachment to the end of a wooden car outside the sheath ing" to keep it from being knocked out by shitting hiding.

' it further object of the invention is an arraiun-inent otparts which can be readily applied to cars already built, and which will cooperate with the car side and end training to prevent distortion thereol and testifl en the root.

The invention further consists in. a metal brace for attachment in the end of a car for the purposesabove set forth, and in the parts and arrangeine hereinafter described and claimed.

The zniconipanying drawvings illustrate an .enilaaliinentol the invention applied to a wooden car of ordinary cm'istruction.

in the drawings. in which the same refer ence characters designate li ke parts in the sev oral views, Figure l is an, end elevation of the car body; Fig. 52 is a plan view of the same,

the root being" removed; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section oi the same on the line Zl3 in .l ig. .L; Fig. "l is an inside view'ol the top portion of the end. oi the car, showing the side walls and root in section; Fig. 5 is a bottom view of the middle portion of the end of the car, showing the end sill and metal brace connections; and Fig. 6 is a plan view otthe end of the car with the root removed, showing another form of the invention.

Referring to the drawings, the car illustrated therein comprises a wood end sill 11 and center and side sills 12 supporting the flooring 13. The end plate 14 and side plates 15 are supported by means of corner posts 16 and side and endposts 1? and 18 wnich have their lower ends secured to the on. ten.

"aterrted .[tn El, 1915.

Serial No. 870,469.

side and end sills, respectirelyv Diagonal side corner braces 51 extend from the ends of the end sill to the side plates at the tops of the first pair of side posts 17, and diagonal end corner braces 20 extend from the ends of the end sill. to the end plate at the tops of the end posts 18. The side sheathing boards 21 and end sheathing boards 22 are secured to the plates and sills outside of the side and end posts and diagonal corner braces. Side and -end fascia boards, 23, 24-, which are nailed to the side plate and end plate respectively, cover the upper ends of the sheathing hoards. The roof sheathing .25 is supported on the side plates and ridge pole 26. I

A wood frame car, such as that shown. and described herein, shrinks and warps from changes] in V climatic conditions, and gets ety condition of the car frame causes the roof to leak, and thereby permits-the lading to become damaged. l doreover, the ends of such a car, even when lined with planking, are not strong enough to resist the battering to which they are not infrequently subjected from shifting hiding. In order to strength en the rar' end and stiffen the car frame, a rigid end root brace. made of horizontally disposed crossed angle irons .27 is secured to the side "plates 15 and end plate 14:. The

angle irons are riveted to a. gusset plate racked to pieces in service. Uften the riclc- I ()nthe outside of the end of the car there are arranged two vertical braces consisting of Z-bars 31, which extend from the end sill to the end plate at the end posts. At their lower ends the Z-bars are bolted to the end sill, and are also secured by means of strap hooks bolted beneath the end sill, and having-lugs to which the lower ends of the Z-ba'rs are bolted. The lower ends of the Z-bars are thus connected very secnrely to the car underi nine. The Z-bars are bolted through the end sheathing to the end posts from top to bottom, and their upper ends are secured to the stiffener 29 and to the end plate by means of the through bolts 30. The upper ends of the Z-bars are thereby braced a gainst being thrust outwardly. The trussed frame formed by the channel stiffener 29 and angle irons 27 is so constructed as to be readily bolted to the side plates, end plate and end braces, and thereby prevents distortion of the end of the car and roof.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Fig. 6 the trussed frame 3% for bracing the side plates and end plate consists of two.

is disposed parallel to the end plate and is secured thereto by thrdugh bolts 36. The

other branch 37 of each angle iron crosses the corner of the car diagonally, and is bolted to the side plate at a point removed from the end plate. The frame 34 is socured to Z-bars 38 on the end of the car similar to the Z-bars 31 of the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive. The diagonal portions 37 of the frame 34- hold the side plates and end plate together and brace thcnragains't angular deformation, and also rigidly support the top ends of the Z-bars, thereby stiffening the roof of the car as well as the end.

From the above description it is evident that the metal. frame and its connections to the wood framework of the car braces the end of the car and the end portions of the car sides and root, against the forces which tend to burst out the end of the car or cause the roof to leak, however they may be applied.

The invention is not restricted to the detail constructions shown and described, nor

7 to cars having Wooden framing arranged as shown and described.

What I claim as my invention is as follows:

1. In combination in acar having side andend plates, a rigid frame secured to the end plate and extending from side plate to side plate, said frame comprising diagonal braces meeting at the middle of the car and connected at their divergent ends to the side plates and to the end plate, and a rigid conne'ction between said braces intermediate their ends.

*9. In combination in a car having side and end plates and corner braces therefor, a brace from side plate to side plate secured thereto and to the end plate, said brace comprising two portions secured together at the middle of thecar and diverging therefrom, the diverging ends being secured to the end plate on each side of its middle and to the side plates at opposite points away from the ends of said end plate.

in combination in a car having side and end plates, a frame extending from side plate to side plate comprising a pair of braces secured to the end plate and having diagonal portions connected at their end. to the side plates, and a rigid. connection c tween said braces for maintaining the end plate square with the ends of said side plates.

t.-Il1 combination in a car having side and end plates, a brace for said end plate connecting side plate to side plate, and a rigid frame secured to said end plate at its middle and connected to said side plates at points removed from their ends.

5. In combination in a car having side and end plates, an end brace from side plate to side plate conn'vrising diagonal legs secured together intermediate their anus and rigidly connecting the side plates to the end plate for maintaining them at right angles.

6. In. combination in a car having side and end plates, a rigid frame spanning from side plate to side plate and comprising diagonal members connecting the side plates -to the end plate, said members being rigidly secured to the. end plat: and having their ends secured to the side plates.

7. In combination in a car having side and end plates, a truss frame spanning from side plate to side plate comprising diagonal members having portions parallel to tliG-Glld plate, said members being rigidly secured together and to the end plate and having their ends secured to the side plates.

8. A metal frame for a car end brace, said frame having a pair of intersecting horizontal members rigidly connected together, the ends of said frame members being adapted for bolting on to ,lhe inside of the end plate and inside ends of the side plates of a wonder car.

5 'ln :1. car enl construction, in combination with end sill, side plate and end plate, a pair ol diagonal end braces. each ol which is secured to said end plate. and end of said side plate and which are rigidly secured lolather between their ends and means for braces and to said side plates and end plate for maintaining them in rectangular alinement.

11. In a car cud construction, in combination with side plates, end sill and end plate,

a pair of end braces, each of which is cured to said end plate and end Sill, a brace secured to said end braces and to said end Male, and a pair of diagonal braces rigidly secured to SZlHl end plate and each of lnchis rigidly secured to one 01' said side plates.

12. In a car end construction in conibinal on with end braces, Slll and end plates, a

ail oil diagonal cross braces which are cured to said side and end plafes and which suppol'l the upper ends of said braces, and 1110:1115 connecting the diagol'ial braces near their meeting whereby the end plate and 10 ends of said end braces are maintained in alin-elnent.

Signed. at New York city, N. Y. this 30th day of October 1914.

WALTER P. MURPHY.

Vitnesses:

EUGENE T. lhmnmn, E. PAYSON Surrn. 

